Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
Through the graves the wind is blowing
Freedom will soon come;
Then we’ll come from the shadows

The late, great Leonard Cohen helped popularize this version of the French song, “The Partisan”, which describes the occupation of one’s homeland. However, in this English translation, there are no references to the original song’s inspiration which came from the French resistance to the Nazis. Cohen’s deep, voice is carried atop hypnotic acoustic guitar before being joined by a choir during the verses sung in French. I first heard this song as part of the soundtrack of Taika Waititi’s The Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), where it plays during a montage of the protagonists being hunted by the authorities during the winter months of New Zealand and quickly had to find out what it was so I could listen to it again.

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